The NYWIFT Podcast

New York Women in Film and Television

The NYWIFT Podcast (formerly called "Women Crush Wednesdays") is presented by New York Women in Film & Television. We sit down for frank conversations with women working in all areas of the film, TV, and media industry. Plus, we dish on the latest entertainment news, preview upcoming NYWIFT events, highlight our community of members, offer bingewatch recommendations, and report happenings from the red carpet. The NYWIFT podcast is your one-stop shop for all things women in film and TV!

  1. Black Public Media's Leslie Fields-Cruz and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry

    APR 16

    Black Public Media's Leslie Fields-Cruz and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry

    🙌 Penni brings us two interviews with women bringing bold stories to audiences  📺 Black Public Media’s Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz takes center stage hosting CUNY TV’s Frame By Frame Series and this year’s PitchBLACK Awards Ceremony, which awards $150k to visionary media markers  🎭 Actress, Writer, and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry brings us front-row to her one-woman show, I’m Still Not That Girl, bringing complex characters and emotions to the stage  🌸 Hosts Katie and Catherine share binge watch recommendations  📩 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org.  🔗 For more great content go to NYWIFT.org NEWS LINKS  Jessica Lia Berry’s website  Black Public Media Buy tickets to PitchBLACK on April 30  CUNY TV Watch Frame by Frame: NYC Filmmakers in Focus             SOCIALS   Leslie Fields-Cruz: LinkedIn: LeslieFields-Cruz Black Public Media: IG: @BlackPublicMedia / X: @blkpublicmedia / Facebook: BlackPublicMedia / YouTube: Black Public Media  Jessica Lia Berry: IG: @jessica_lia / Facebook: JessicaLiaBerry / TikTok: @jessicaliaberry Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers  Catherine Woo: IG: @kate.anne.woo / LinkedIn: CatherineAWoo NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT 🎵 Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song.

    28 min
  2. Bonus: Easterseals Disability Film Challenge with filmmaker Anna Pakman

    APR 7

    Bonus: Easterseals Disability Film Challenge with filmmaker Anna Pakman

    Making a five minute film in 5 days…no problem! In this special bonus episode, host Janine McGoldrick talks with filmmaker Anna Pakman about her short film - Back to the Dark Ages - a sharp, imaginative dramedy that uses humor and surrealism to explore chronic illness, isolation, and the long-term impact of Long COVID. Back to the Dark Ages is Anna’s entry for this year’s Easterseals Disability Film Challenge and she talks about the importance of inclusive filmmaking both in front of and behind the camera, and how initiatives like this are opening doors for disabled creators and their stories. Watch Back the Dark Ages on Easterseals YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_Lc0rRD7M  To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. Social Media: Anna Pakman: IG: @annatated @darkagesfilm  / X: @annatated / Linkedin NYWIFT: IG:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

    17 min
  3. Interviews from the Muse Awards Red Carpet

    APR 5

    Interviews from the Muse Awards Red Carpet

    🎤 Tammy and LaKisa bring you interviews from Muse Awards Red Carpet!  🥂 Host and Muse Producer Katie Chambers recaps the Muse Award’s celebratory and uplifting spirit and insights on our theme of Reinvention  🏆 Hear advice, stories, and musings from Honorees Audra McDonald, Joy Reid, Jane Raab, Izzy Harrison, Rebecca Damon, and Jamie Brewer  🦋 Meet NYWIFT Board Members Okema T. Moore and Sibyl Santiago ⭐ Our Muse Audience shares the excitement in the room, including Executive Vice President of SAG-AFTRA Linda Powell, Maria Soccor, Iliana Guibert, Lauren Concar Sheehy, and DJ LUV  📧 To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. News Links: Associated Press: Interviews with Gwyneth Paltrow, Audra McDonald, Izzy Harrison, and Joy Reid  The Knockturnal: NYWIFT Muse Awards Serves Up Inspiration at Annual Luncheon People Magazine: Audra McDonald Shares a Sweet Story About How Her 9-Year-Old Daughter Helped Finish Her Speech People Magazine: Gwyneth Paltrow Jokes She’s ‘One of the Original Nepo Babies’ NYWIFT’s Creative Workforce Summit Publication: Creative Sustainability in the Age of AI  Audra McDonald: IG: @AudraMcDonald / Facebook: Audra McDonald Joy Reid: IG: @JoyAnnReid / Facebook: Joy Reid Official / YouTube: The Joy Reid Show Jane Raab: IG: @JaneRaab Izzy Harrison: IG: @omg_itsizzyb / X: @OMG_itsizzyb Rebecca Damon: IG: @RebeccaDamon / X: @RebeccaDamonNYC / LinkedIn: Rebecca Damon Jamie Brewer: IG: @itsmemsjamiebrewer / X: @msjamiebrewer / Facebook: MsJamieBrewer Okema T. Moore: IG: @OkemaTMoore / X: @OkemaTMoore / Linkedin: Okema Moore Sibyl Santiago: IG: @SibylSantiago / Linkedin: Sibyl Santiago / Facebook: Sibyl Santiago  Linda Powell: IG: @lindapnyc Maria Soccor: IG: @iammariasoccor / Facebook: Maria Soccor / LinkedIn: Maria Soccor Iliana Guibert: IG: @Iliana.Guibert / Facebook: Iliana Guibert.Actress / LinkedIn: Iliana Guibert  Lauren Concar Sheehy: IG: @lauren_concar_sheehy / Linkedin: Lauren Concar  DJ LUV: IG: @luvl1sa  Katie Chambers:  IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers LaKisa Renee: IG: @LaKisaRenee Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT 🎵Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song.

    34 min
  4. Muse Honorees Jamie Brewer & Patricia Cardoso

    MAR 18

    Muse Honorees Jamie Brewer & Patricia Cardoso

    💫 We’re shining a light on stories of Reinvention, capturing the theme of NYWIFT’s 46th Annual Muse Awards  🎤 Janine interviews Actress, Advocate and Model Jamie Brewer on her fan-favorite roles across several seasons of American Horror Story, and leading positive change across film, television, theater, and fashion  🎬 Tammy interviews Filmmaker Patricia Cardoso, on her career spanning the cultural touchstone Real Women Have Curves, and how her background as an anthropologist informs the stories she brings to life on screen  🎥 Hosts Katie and Janine continue to celebrate Women’s History Month and Autumn Durald Arkapaw and Cassandra Kulukundis’ historic wins at the Academy Awards  🌺 This Friday, we’re honoring Actor, Founder, CEO, and Investor Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress and Singer Audra McDonald, Sex and the City Producer Jane Raab, Journalist Joy Reid, Real Women Have Curves Director Patricia Cardoso, WNBA Athlete and Lupus Advocate Izzy Harrison, and Actress and Down Syndrome Advocate Jamie Brewer 🎟️ We can’t wait to see you there!  To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song. Socials & Links: Jamie Brewer: IG: @itsmemsjamiebrewer / X: @msjamiebrewer / Facebook: MsJamieBrewer Patricia Cardoso: IG: @patriciacardosofilm Katie Chambers: IG: @katiegchambers / X: @katiegchambers Janine McGoldrick: IG: @2nchapterprod  Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

    37 min
  5. Journalist Bianna Golodryga and Trailblazer Anita Verma-Lallian

    MAR 13

    Journalist Bianna Golodryga and Trailblazer Anita Verma-Lallian

    Happy Women's History Month!  Penni interviews Emmy Award-winning journalist, CNN anchor, and senior global affairs analyst, Bianna Golodryga, for her new book, Don't Feed the Lion, a middle grade novel that courageously confronts antisemitism and hate through the lens of middle schoolers, opening the door for honest dialogue between children and the adults who care for them.  Penni then sits down with Anita Verma-Lallian, a trailblazing first-time producer, entrepreneur, and investor, who speaks about Camelback Productions, Arizona's first South Asian, female-owned film company and how she is rewriting the playbook for grassroots film financing. Penni and Tammy shout out outstanding women, such as Sigourney Weaver, Shonda Rhimes, and the women nominated for the upcoming 98th Academy Awards. Plus, Katie invites us to the 46th Annual Muse Awards, honoring Actor, Founder, CEO, and Investor Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress and Singer Audra McDonald, Sex and the City Producer Jane Raab, Journalist Joy Reid, Real Women Have Curves Director Patricia Cardoso, WNBA Athlete and Lupus Advocate Izzy Harrison, and Actress and Down Syndrome Advocate Jamie Brewer.  To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song. NEWS LINKS  Nominees for the 98th Academy Awards  Variety: Audra McDonald, Jane Raab and Joy Reid to be Honored at NYWIFT’s Muse Awards Variety: Gwenyth Paltrow to be Honored at NYWIFT Muse Awards Buy your ticket to the NYWIFT Muse Awards  GUEST LINKS  Camelback Productions (Anita Verma-Lallian's Production Company) Link to buy Don’t Feed the Lion by Bianna Golodryga SOCIALS  Bianna Golodryga: IG: @biannagolodryga Anita Verma-Lallian: IG: @anitavermalallian Camelback Productions: IG: @camelbackproductions NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

    30 min
  6. Academy Award Winner Jessica Chastain and CSA President Destiny Lilly

    FEB 23

    Academy Award Winner Jessica Chastain and CSA President Destiny Lilly

    Welcome back to The NYWIFT Podcast!  We’re starting season 8 with Casting Society (CSA) President Destiny Lilly and Academy Award Winning Actress Jessica Chastain.  Destiny speaks about her career as a Casting Director and the new Casting Director Category recognition for the 2026 Academy Awards.  Jessica shares her experience starring in and producing the upcoming film Dreams, debuting nationwide on February 27th 2026. Hosts Tammy and Penni celebrate Teyana Taylor and SINNERS’ record-breaking 16 Academy Award Nominations for Black History Month, updates on the upcoming MOM Film Fest and Children’s Emmy Awards, and binge-watch recommendations for snowy days inside.   We can’t wait for another exciting season of thoughtful interviews with guests from all areas of media and entertainment, and candid industry news.    To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song. Social Media: Destiny Lilly: IG: @destinycasting  CSA: IG: @csacasting Jessica Chastain: IG: @jessicachastain / X: @jes_chastain Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp / X: @PennbrookConsu1 Tammy Reese: IG: @tammyreesemedia / X: @tammyreesemedia NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / #NYWIFT

    29 min
  7. Kathrina Miccio & Cristina Fontanelli

    12/11/2025

    Kathrina Miccio & Cristina Fontanelli

    Hosts Tammy and Penni bring us creativity and cheer amidst the cold weather ❄️ This week, Tammy interviews two multifaceted creators: Opera singer and actress Cristina Fontanelli about her upcoming holiday event, the film SANTINO, which earned her a Best Actress award at the Cutting Room International Film FestivalAward-winning filmmaker, actress, and Editor-in-Chief of Indie Film Online Magazine Kathrina Miccio, about the upcoming Venus on Broadway International Film Festival, of which she is the Founder and Director. Plus, Katie gives us a programming update about NYWIFT’s upcoming holiday celebrations!  To be featured on the podcast, email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song. Links/Socials:  Cristina Fontanelli: Instagram: @cristinafontanelli / Website: https://cristinafontanelli.com/ Kathrina Micci: Instagram: @kathrinamiccioofficial / Website: https://indiefilmonline.com/ NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ / Twitter/X: ⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠

    43 min
  8. Filmmaker Amy Guggenheim

    12/01/2025

    Filmmaker Amy Guggenheim

    We are feeling extra grateful for our creative community this year!  🍂 Janine interviews Filmmaker and Fulbright Fellow Amy Guggenheim about adapting her thriller short film Blindspot into a feature 🎬👁️ Hosts Penni and Catherine share news about the Halloween Parade, NYWIFT’s Masterclasses, the upcoming Women’s Film Preservation Fund Screening and Membership Drive!  🎞️⭐ To be featured on the podcast email us at communications@nywift.org. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠, the creator of our podcast theme song. News Links:  NYWIFT Membership Drive: Until December 31st!  Post Production Masterclass with Company 3 Documentary + Docu-Series Masterclass with Yvonne Russo  Yvonne Russo’s Podcast Interview  30 Years of Saving Women’s Films at MOMA  Good Day New York: NYWIFT at the Halloween Parade  Guest Links:  Blindsight Film  Social Media: Amy Guggenheim: IG: @blindsight_film / LinkedIn / Facebook   NYWIFT: IG: @NYWIFT / Twitter/X: @NYWIFT  / LinkedIn / Facebook / #NYWIFT

    24 min
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About

The NYWIFT Podcast (formerly called "Women Crush Wednesdays") is presented by New York Women in Film & Television. We sit down for frank conversations with women working in all areas of the film, TV, and media industry. Plus, we dish on the latest entertainment news, preview upcoming NYWIFT events, highlight our community of members, offer bingewatch recommendations, and report happenings from the red carpet. The NYWIFT podcast is your one-stop shop for all things women in film and TV!

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  • Creator
    New York Women in Film and Television
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    133
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © New York Women in Film and Television
  • Show Website
    The NYWIFT Podcast

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